Meeting

The Village Hall at busier and happier times

The chairs in the Memorial hall had been set up a suggested one metre apart formation  but in the end most of the villagers that turned up sat in groups of two and three.
Around thirty souls turned up to volunteer.
I know most of them.
Irene & Mo, matriarchs from the Friendship Group sat on the front row.
Surrounded by members of the Community Council and the Community Association
The Crown's landlady , Karen and Bunty from the Women's Institute and Affable despot Jason Sat alongside Hattie from choir and Meirion who used to help out with the Flower Show.
A lady with COPD on oxygen sat away in one corner .
Nick, the velvet voiced Linda ( his wife) and Ed ( son of the red faced Welsh farmer ) added to the numbers nicely
Jason whispered " Dads Arny " as the meeting started
Most of the older villagers, I know wisely stayed away

Like most meetings that have to look at unknown worries there was a lot of talk.
I could see Hattie getting slightly frustrated as our remit seemed clear to her an experienced young nurse.
Find out who needs and wants help
And coordinate volunteers to sort out that help

Simples!

What was agreed is that the whole village of Trelawnyd and her sister village of Gwaenysgor will be flyered  with cards offering help and the contact numbers of a couple of coordinators. Once we know numbers that require support then the appropriate number  of volunteers can be allocated

There was a lot of talk about just how much the economics of the virus will affect people's livihoods when the meeting broke up .
Hattie and I looked at each other carefully
Our jobs will only get bigger

Hattie and me



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